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AMI KHALSA

MANAGER, POWER ADVISORY

Ami is an energy and electricity market consultant with a broad focus providing research and analysis support on renewable energy development and power procurement, regulatory compliance, market assessment and electricity market design, based in Boston. She advises project developers, investors, utilities and public sector agencies.

At Power Advisory, she has evaluated paths to market for offshore wind and merchant transmission projects in the US and Canada. Ami has reviewed BOEM federal offshore wind lease areas and the status of the accompanying offshore wind projects, with special attention to regulatory, transmission and interconnection. Additionally, Ami has assessed the competitiveness and auction behavior of bidders in the recent BOEM wind energy area auctions. Ami has also supported a number of retail rate and renewable energy credit forecasting efforts for several C&I and community solar portfolio evaluations on the buy-side and sell-side, covering over 30 state markets.

Prior to joining Power Advisory, Ami held positions with the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) Clean Energy Extension Office, helping with early development of their Offshore Wind Professional Certificate, and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Ami is a Finance MBA candidate at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and holds a dual BSc in Resource Economics and Environmental Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst Commonwealth Honors College.